Food is medicine. We can actually change our gene expressions with the foods we eat.

Strokes are categorized as either bleeding into the brain or a blockage in blood supply, known as an ischemic stroke. The latter are overwhelmingly more common, compromising about 87 percent of all stroke events.

In general, the public knowledge base and thus decision-making behaviors are far more influenced by advertisement than with current science.

Researchers have known for some time now that the cornerstone of all degenerative conditions, including brain disorders, is inflammation. But what they didn’t have documented until now are the instigators of that inflammation—the first missteps that prompt this deadly reaction. And what they are finding is that gluten, and a high-carbohydrate diet for that matter, are among the most prominent stimulators of inflammatory pathways that reach the brain.

Dementia is our most-feared illness, more than heart disease or cancer.

We can change the expression of more than 70 percent of the genes that have a direct bearing on our health and longevity.

Even slight elevations in blood sugar have been shown to increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease.